Even by their standards, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is astonishing ... Plainly, this is music abnormally alive with possibilities.
Yoshimi is the soundtrack to the greatest lousy Saturday afternoon movie never made. Yoshimi is the lush brushstrokes that define the most childish themes, an opera into a comic book, or a comic book into an opera. Just look at the cover.
Funny, beautiful, and moving, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots finds the Flaming Lips continuing to grow and challenge themselves after delivering a masterpiece.
With the release of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, the Flaming Lips seem poised to square off against their alternative brethren once again.
Songs like ”Fight Test” and ”Do You Realize” have various tics – echoes, chirps, and unresolved musical tangents abound – but they’re so sweet-souled that such sins are easily forgiven.
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots isn't the end-to-end triumph that was 1999's The Soft Bulletin ... But the production is equally ambitious, with burbling electrobeats underpinning sci-fi orchestrations that sound like the brainchild of Esquivel and the Orb.
It’s effortlessly smooth, but Yoshimi Battles also sounds like the end of a phase. The Lips have been essentially mining the same territory for three albums now. They may be running out of ideas.
Flaming Lips’ most popular album, and I can kind of see why.
Despite “The Soft Bulletin” having some better highs. I did end up liking this more, since it feels more consistent than that album. This record also really succeeds at this psychedelic dreamy style. And the acoustic guitar and almost trippy synths combined with a slight amount of reverb make for a signature psychedelic pop experience. But since there's only a slight amount of reverb, it makes this album way more ... read more
One of Psychedelic Pop’s absolute finest.
Just an absolute blast to get through with its unique concepts and writing.
I think the metaphor for Yoshimi battling Pink Robots representing her cancer is a very interesting and kind of dark, I would’ve never expected any album I’ve covered to even talk about that, let alone this album.
I was very skeptical at first, but now I’m hooked.
To anyone who is considering to give this album a shot, please do it’s an absolute ... read more
Whether you read this album as being about cancer, or as literally about fighting robots, The Flaming Lips deliver an enjoyable experience on this 2002 release.
The electronics on this album are unbeatable, possibly some of the most original sounds I’ve ever heard, and they blend well with the quirky indie style that The Lips had already been going for. The songwriting of Wayne Coyne is also pretty great, even if the album isn’t a concept album, the way Wayne wrote it allows for ... read more
1 | Fight Test 4:14 | 94 |
2 | One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 4:59 | 89 |
3 | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 4:45 | 94 |
4 | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2 2:57 | 82 |
5 | In the Morning of the Magicians 6:18 | 91 |
6 | Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell 4:34 | 87 |
7 | Are You a Hypnotist?? 4:44 | 90 |
8 | It's Summertime 4:20 | 86 |
9 | Do You Realize?? 3:32 | 94 |
10 | All We Have Is Now 3:53 | 87 |
11 | Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia) 3:09 | 85 |